Don’t click on email parking ‘ticket’
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The Winnipeg Parking Authority is warning motorists about an email scam masquerading as a parking-fine notice.
The authority says people are finding “tickets” in their email inboxes. The files have no City of Winnipeg logos or detailed information, but instruct recipients to click on a link.
“We are trying to be proactive in warning people,” said city spokeswoman Lisa Fraser. “The inquiries we received were from Winnipeg residents but we’ve heard of similar emails being distributed in other cities.”
The parking authority said its tickets are issued only by hand and mail but are never sent electronically.
If you receive what appears to be an electronic parking ticket via email, it is likely a phishing scam and should be reported to the Canada Anti-Fraud Centre here, the city said.
The North Bay, Ont.,-based centre compiles information on various scams and fraud activities and passes it on to law-enforcement agencies on request.
“We assist, we don’t investigate,” a centre spokeswoman said Thursday. “We encourage people to report… we don’t share private information. Sometimes it is that one person who calls in with that little bit of info that’s missing that helps solve the case.”